Chat Modifications - MGC Chatbox Evo

This mod is automatically compatible with vB3.6.x, vB3.7.x, vB3.8.x and vB4.x.x

Overview

MGC Chatbox Evo is the most ever installed chatbox for vBulletin !

It offers a new enhanced online experience to your members leading to increased time spent online of more than 25% by providing them with a new, more interactive, way to interact with each other.

• Important number of features
• High level of configurability to fit each users needs
• Channels system
• Many commands
• Bot system
• and more...

... makes MGC Chatbox Evo a must have for your forum !

Detailed features

Following is a non-exhaustive list:

• Simple install
• Ajax based with:
  • Fast and Intelligent chats retrieval through javascript calls to server files (refresh delay configurable per usergroup)
  • Edit/update by double-clicking on a chat
  • Interact on chats through menus and javascript
• Many usergroup permissions to limit features according to usergroups
• Full configuration of the chatbox display:
  Size, position on forum pages, editor layout (either top/bottom input or left/right textarea) and position, number of chats displayed, ...
• Full configuration of the chats display:
  Authorized bbcodes selection, date/time options, avatar display, ...
• Possibility to create channels (unlimited number) with multiple configuration options:
  • Warn user of new message when not active through blinking image and eventually sound notification
  • Possibility to select on which specific page each is displayed
  • Option to display the channel only for selected languages
  • Usergroup/User permissions to access the channel
• Many commands available with usergroup/user permissions to access them:
  • /me: well known IRC command
  • /del: remove shouts (different possibilities of removal)
  • /ignore: ignore shouts from another user
  • /ban: ban user from chatbox
  • /pm: send a private chat to another user
  • /announcement: modify the announcement on top of the chatbox
  • /slap: allow user to slap another user
  • /team: chats sending between specified usergroups
  • /l33t: I33t-ify a message
  • /banchan: ban user from specific channel [PRO only]
• Forum activity notifications system in the chatbox:
  • Different display options:
    • In the chatbox melted with chats
    • In the chatbox in a separate column
    • In the vB4 sidebar or a custom sidebar for vB3
  • Multiple notifications:
    • New thread creation
    • New post creation
    • Post thanked (Abe's)
    • New registrations (not included - separate product)
    • IBProarcade highscore (not included - separate product)
• Bot system with set of predefined trigger chat and corresponding answers and automatic bot chats [PRO only]
• Archive system with statistics as well as download and search capabilities
• Possibility to display the list of users online in the chatbox
• Force anynomous to enter a username before chatting if they can access the chatbox
• Antiflood system
• Private chats feature through PM in tabs
• Optional sound notifications
• Inactive mode feature for server load optimization
• User statistics display in posts and profile
• Chatbox statistics display on forumhome
• Create thread from a chat [PRO only]
• CMS Integration (not included - separate product)
  • vBAdvanced CMPS
  • vBulletin 4 CMS
• Importers from other chatbox systems:
  • cChatbox by Christrato [version 1.5]
  • Cyb - Chatbox by Cybernetec [version 2.3]
  • vBulletin 3.x Shoutbox 1.0 (AJAX) by DionDev [version 1.0]
  • Dream's Chatbox by Dream [version 2.1.1]
  • GSBOS by dinnerbone [version 1.0.5]
  • Inferno vBShout Lite 2.5.0 by Inferno Tech [version 2.5.1 lite]
  • vBShouts 2.0 by Zero Tolerance [version 2.0]
  • MGC Chatbox by MGC [version 1.5]

Install

Refer to the readme for the chatbox install.

Demo

Live demo on MGC Products forum

Languages

1. French
2. English
3. German [Not yet updated]
   
4. Serbian [Not yet updated]

Support

On my website mostly and in this thread

Int?gration

Integration in IBProarcade is described in the readme.
vBAdvanced CMPS and vBulletin 4 CMS integration are available as additional modules.

Compatibility

This hack is compatible with vB3.6.x, vB3.7.x, vB3.8.x and vB4.x.x

Changelog

First part:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=221

Second part:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=5429

Third part:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=8469

How to set the channel images

Thanks to princeedwards for this little how to : click here

PRO version and additional addons available on my website

This mod is automatically compatible with vB3.6.x, vB3.7.x, vB3.8.x and vB4.x.x

[VBDev]

Have you modified the ibproarcade files after the ibprocarcade upgrade ??

[entertain]

When I make a shout with the following content, there is no way to edit this shout any more.

[URL=http://www.vbulletin.org/]Test[/URL]

[VBDev]

Originally Posted by entertain

When I make a shout with the following content, there is no way to edit this shout any more.

[url=http://www.vbulletin.org/]Test[/url]

When url bbcode is active ?

If yes that's a bit normal as the chatbox is a link in that case so when you double click it moves yo to the link.

[eurofunny]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Have you modified the ibproarcade files after the ibprocarcade upgrade ??

Yes that i have...with Version 2.0.2 the Shoutbox works at the Arcade. with Version 2.1.0 and 2.2.0 not.

These are my changes at the functions.php from arcade

function do_output($output_array)
    {
        global $DB, $ibforums, $arcade, $header, $vbphrase, $vboptions, $stylevar, $headinclude, $bbuserinfo, $session, $show, $pmbox;
	global $forumjump, $timezone, $logincode, $_USEROPTIONS, $scriptpath, $admincpdir, $modcpdir, $quickchooserbits;
	global $languagechooserbits, $spacer_open, $spacer_close, $vbulletin, $navbar, $footer;
	global $template_hook, $notifications_menubits, $notifications_total, $notices, $ad_location;
	global $vba_options;
	// add additional needed variables here
        global $mgc_cb_evo,$mgc_cb_evo_var;

[macc]

hello!

just updated evo chat and get this message when clik on link in chatbox -
No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

that is links to answered threads ...

some help? before update that works fine!

regards

macc

[acegames]

Originally Posted by macc

hello!

just updated evo chat and get this message when clik on link in chatbox -
No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

that is links to answered threads ...

some help? before update that works fine!

regards

macc

Same here , new thread link is working but my new post link is in the same format as new thread link

ie showthread.php?t=8888

[VBDev]

Ok there is a small error in the language file that's why

I am updating the zip right now, for those that already had it installed just import the language file again.

[eurofunny]

Originally Posted by VBDev

Have you modified the ibproarcade files after the ibprocarcade upgrade ??

Now the shoutbox works at the arcade, after i uninstall the shoutbox and install new the shoutbox.

[LCN2007]

Dev i love this chat thanks you so much.

One thing though sound alert doesn't work in the new version of firefox.

[VBDev]

Great